--- a/modules/codec/avcodec/vaapi.c
+++ b/modules/codec/avcodec/vaapi.c
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 #ifdef VLC_VA_BACKEND_XLIB
 # include <vlc_xlib.h>
 # include <va/va_x11.h>
+#if VA_MINOR_VERSION >= 34
+# include <va/va_compat.h>
+#endif
 #endif
 #ifdef VLC_VA_BACKEND_DRM
 # include <sys/types.h>
